Thyme

Southrop, United Kingdom

Escape to a place shaped by nature.

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Property Overview

Thyme is a restored Cotswold manor and farm—a family story where a passion for the land, food, and entertaining merges with a love of local heritage, beauty, and conservation. Built in partnership with the historic buildings and the land that surrounds them, Thyme is a thoughtful place with love and attention tucked into every detail. This English country idyll invites you to rest, relax, and experience a real connection to the land and to nature.

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SmartFlyer Exclusives

  • Welcome note on behalf of the booking agent
  • Complimentary Wi-Fi
  • Early/Late Check in/out upon availability
  • Free upgrade upon availability
  • Complimentary gifts from their own brand, Bertoli by Thyme

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Agent Tips

  • Enjoy seasonal home grown produce with a delicious meal in their Ox Barn restaurant.
  • Relax in the Meadow Spa for peace and tranquillity. Their Botanical Bothy is a concept space and treatment—beautifully simple, it is designed to instill a restorative calm within body and mind.
  • Don't miss a visit to Thyme's cookery school. Often referred to as their founding ingredient, the school perhaps best showcases their love of the land.
Accommodations

Botanically-Inspired Bedrooms

All their botanically-inspired bedrooms are dispersed across houses and cottages, forming a peaceful hamlet environment with gravel pathways to lead you through the gardens. No two rooms are the same, with colors inspired by their botanical names and graced with carefully sourced antique pieces.
Pool

A serene, tucked away haven.

Tucked away in a walled Cotswold stone sun-trap, the swimming pool is a serene place to laze away the afternoon, whether you’re taking the plunge or just dipping your toe before losing yourself in a good book.
Spa

A place for mindfulness and meditation.

Thyme's Meadow Spa offers calm, stillness, and nurtures beauty from within. The botanical spa is an idyllic haven of peace and tranquility; a place for mindfulness and meditation, providing respite from our hectic lives. Meadow Spa offers a range of treatments in the cottage as well as in the Botanical Bothy, a space designed in conjunction with Bertioli Beauty to deliver journeys that incorporate bathing and breathing.
Restaurant + Bar

All about the best ingredients, cooked simply.

The nineteenth-century Ox Barn was formerly home to the oxen that once plowed the surrounding fields. Now, it's a contemporary restaurant which has stayed true to its agricultural roots, with original Cotswold stone rubble walls, soaring arches, and extensive beams that have been meticulously preserved. Here, produce is picked the same day, and menus change in line with the gardener’s harvests and seasonality, ensuring plates are all about the best ingredients, cooked simply.

Drawing inspiration from the Cotswolds’ famous sheep industry and wool trade, the Baa Bar is situated in the old lambing sheds and is characterized by bespoke ‘sheep seats’ designed by Caryn Hibbert. Bartenders create homemade cordials, shrubs and infusions which—together with fresh flowers and herbs from the garden—form a botanical cocktail menu that tells the story of the land. The Baa is an elegant space to enjoy a coffee, lunch and a newspaper during the day or a fresh cocktail in the evening. Their all-day menu comprises of bar snacks and toasties, salads, and soups, perfect for a relaxed lunch served on low tables and soft seating.
  • Vibe
    A quaint escape shaped by nature.
  • Who's it for?
    Thyme is a place for the traveler who wants to slow down. Here, guests are invited to reconnect with nature, take a deep breath, and rest in tranquillity.
  • Location
    The gently rolling hills of the Cotswolds are not only famed for wool production—‘cot’ meaning sheep enclosure and ‘wold’ meaning hill—but also for the idyllic honey-colored houses that are scattered across their unspoiled landscape. The picturesque scenery has inspired many notable writers and poets over the centuries including Jane Austen, Laurie Lee, Nancy Mitford and T.S Eliot to name a few. The food is equally as noteworthy, with bountiful local produce (Bibury Trout, Tewkesbury mustard, Windrush Vallery Goats cheese, Stinking Bishop & Gloucester cheese, Cotswold Gin) and exceptional pubs and farmshops. Thyme has a curated a list of wonderful gardens and landmarks to explore—be sure to chat with your SmartFlyer advisor to learn more.

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